Bel Trew is International Correspondent for The Independent based in Beirut. Bel has covered events across the Middle East since the start of the Arab Spring in 2011, reporting on uprisings and wars from South Sudan to Yemen, Iraq to Syria. With a background in both the Gulf and Eastern Europe, she has since widened her scope to covering news events across the globe, including Ukraine, including the original documentary 'The Body in the Woods'. Bel was named Foreign Reporter of the Year at the UK Press Awards 2023